Each lateral face of a regular hexagonal pyramid has lateral edges of length 10 inches and a base edge of 12 inches. What is the lateral area of the pyramid?

Question

What is the lateral area of the pyramid?

Answer 1

Each face is an isosceles triangle with sides of 10 and base of 12. The altitude is 8 (3-4-5 triangle)

The area of each face is 48in².

The lateral area is 288in² (6 times 48)